Woman's bizarre behavior culminates in attack, road rage

Young Vandrasek

By STAFF REPORTS

Published: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 04:26 PM.

LAUREL HILL - A woman went on a Christmas Eve rampage in which she punched her husband, smashed a piece of steel into his van, and began "driving crazy" and trying to run him off the road when he fled, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest report.

A deputy was summoned to a Bill Lundy Road residence to investigate a disturbance. When he got there he saw 69-year-old Young J. Vandrasek in a blue sedan trying to run her husband off the road as he drove down Bill Lundy in a green van. Young Vandrasek was stopped and detained.

Her husband said she'd been displaying odd behavior and had been "gone for 13 days," and had returned two days ago. Since returning she'd been "acting crazy," refusing to sleep in their room and cutting the cords to their computer, the deputy wrote in the report.

He said that eve, he tried to talk to her and found her going through his cell phone. Suddenly, she struck him over and over in the chest with a closed fist, the man claimed.

He grabbed the phone to call 911 and she took it from him and smashed it to the ground.

When he tried to go outside and leave in his van, she ran after him, grabbing a piece of steel and swinging it around, saying he "wasn't leaving," the report said. She hit the side of his van with the steel and he yanked it away from her, causing them both to fall to the ground. She attacked him again with her fists, cutting his right hand.

The husband got into his van and left, calling 911. She "began driving crazy after him attempting to run off the road with her car and yelling at him out of the car window," the deputy wrote in the report.

Young Vandrasek said her husband was a liar and he had pulled her hair. She also said her husband was seeing "Sarah" behind her back.

She was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, and battery.

Her court date is Feb. 12.

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LAUREL HILL - A woman went on a Christmas Eve rampage in which she punched her husband, smashed a piece of steel into his van, and began "driving crazy" and trying to run him off the road when he fled, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest report.

A deputy was summoned to a Bill Lundy Road residence to investigate a disturbance. When he got there he saw 69-year-old Young J. Vandrasek in a blue sedan trying to run her husband off the road as he drove down Bill Lundy in a green van. Young Vandrasek was stopped and detained.

Her husband said she'd been displaying odd behavior and had been "gone for 13 days," and had returned two days ago. Since returning she'd been "acting crazy," refusing to sleep in their room and cutting the cords to their computer, the deputy wrote in the report.

He said that eve, he tried to talk to her and found her going through his cell phone. Suddenly, she struck him over and over in the chest with a closed fist, the man claimed.

He grabbed the phone to call 911 and she took it from him and smashed it to the ground.

When he tried to go outside and leave in his van, she ran after him, grabbing a piece of steel and swinging it around, saying he "wasn't leaving," the report said. She hit the side of his van with the steel and he yanked it away from her, causing them both to fall to the ground. She attacked him again with her fists, cutting his right hand.

The husband got into his van and left, calling 911. She "began driving crazy after him attempting to run off the road with her car and yelling at him out of the car window," the deputy wrote in the report.

Young Vandrasek said her husband was a liar and he had pulled her hair. She also said her husband was seeing "Sarah" behind her back.

She was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, and battery.